Most of Nevada and large portions of the western United States can be classified as arid. Arid lands are defined in numerous ways but most agree that lands experiencing less than ten inches of annual precipitation are considered arid. In Nevada, vast areas receive less than six inches of precipitation annually. When arid lands experience other disturbances such as wildfire, vehicle traffic or mining natural revegetation is very slow to occur. Farming in these areas is only possible with irrigation and when irrigation water is withdrawn and used for other purposes natural revegetation has again proven to be extremely slow to non-existent. Because natural revegetation is so slow, to occur, efforts to supplement this process are ongoing throughout the West. However, impediments to successfully reestablishing vegetation in these areas is include; the lack of natural precipitation, altered/poor soil conditions, lack of adapted plant materials, wind erosion,�competition from exotic and/or native seed species, unrealistic expectations or desires of the interested public and low economic values associated with these sites.
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